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NEWARK — A man was shot and killed inside a car on a South Ward street earlier tonight, police said.

Officers responding to a report of shots fired found the victim — whose identity was withheld pending notification of his family — slumped inside of a car on Eckert Street near Osborne Terrace sometime after 9 p.m., said Katherine Carter, spokeswoman for the Essex County Prosecutor's Office.

The man was shot several times, Carter said. Authorities have not identified a motive or suspect in the slaying, she said.